Cricketer David Hussey wants to start a second career selling the virtues of his adopted state of Victoria to Indians.

Hussey played over 100 one-day international games and Twenty20 games for Australia and is now the second-highest paid player in the Indian Premier League, earning $1.4 million a year under a three-year deal with the Kings XI Punjab team.

Mr Hussey said he hoped to play cricket professionally for a few more years, but then was keen on “helping the Victorian government to attract Indian trade and investment to Victoria".

“I’ve had a couple of very engaging meetings with government," he says.

The 35-year-old said he was far more recognised in India than in Australia.

"I’m at the back end of my playing career and cricket has been my life for the better part of 13 years. Now I want a smooth transition," he said, adding that he was also considering enrolling in a part-time marketing degree after he finishes a sports management and business degree and his playing career.

The Victorian government has aggressively targetted India as a growth market and has organised two trade missions to the sub-continent since being elected in 2010.

The most recent mission was in mid-March and coincided with the change of Premier from Ted Baillieu to Denis Napthine meaning that Trade Minister Louise Asher led the 100 organisation-strong delegation.